The Vilayet of Syria also known as Damascus Vilayet, was a vilayet (province

Administrative division

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) of the Ottoman Empire

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At the beginning of the 20th century it reportedly had an area of 24009 square miles (62,183 km²), while the preliminary results of the first Ottoman census of 1885 (published in 1908) gave the population as 1,000,000. The accuracy of the population figures ranges from "approximate" to "merely conjectural" depending on the region from which they were gathered.

Administrative divisions

Sanjaks of Syria Vilayet:

1. Sanjak of Damascus
   Damascus
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2. Sanjak of Hama
   Hama
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3. Sanjak of Hawran
4. Sanjak of Karak
   Al Karak
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